Göken Surname
Approximately 1,024 people bear this surname
Göken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 689 | 1:116,844 | 14,367 |
| Turkey | 314 | 1:247,839 | 17,242 |
| Northern Cyprus | 17 | 1:18,765 | 4,655 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Goken (124) are calculated separately.
Göken (69) may also be a first name.
Göken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Göken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Göken is found most in Germany. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Goken. Click here for further potential spellings of Göken.
How Common Is The Last Name Göken? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 355,117th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 7,116,744 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Göken are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Göken is also the 1,171,416th most common forename on earth, held by 69 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 689 people, or 1 in 116,844. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 78 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent reside and Bremen, where 2 percent reside. Not including Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 31 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goken | 93 | 124 | / |
| Göcken | 91 | 119 | / |
| Gökkent | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gaken | 80 | 52 | / |
| Geken | 80 | 51 | / |
| Gäken | 80 | 22 | / |
| Gökün | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goeken | 73 | 876 | / |
| Gakuen | 73 | 277 | / |
| Gocken | 73 | 232 | / |
| Göking | 73 | 24 | / |
| Gieken | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gakken | 73 | 3 | / |
| Goëken | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gheken | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gaeken | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gokeen | 73 | 0 | / |
| Göcking | 67 | 297 | / |
| Goecken | 67 | 20 | / |
| Gokienė | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gakienė | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gecn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Geqn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gheuken | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gackienė | 62 | 5 | / |
| Gokin | 60 | 209 | / |
| Gekin | 60 | 166 | / |
| Gakin | 60 | 157 | / |
| Goqen | 60 | 1 | / |
| Gekkin | 55 | 54 | / |
| Geckin | 55 | 15 | / |
| Gäking | 55 | 8 | / |
| Goekin | 55 | 8 | / |
| Ghaqen | 55 | 6 | / |
| Kgokin | 55 | 3 | / |
| Gögcin | 55 | 1 | / |
| Gockin | 55 | 1 | / |
| Gegkin | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ghekin | 55 | 0 | / |
| Gaequin | 50 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Göken
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